2018 Musical - Seussical, Jr. - December 7-9, 5th grade show Dec. 10, Jackson County Comprehensive High School Auditorium
This year we tackled Seussical, Jr. With a cast of close to 50, 2 directors, student and adult crew, 2 set builders, help with costumes, parent volunteers (who even dressed as Whos!), real sound and so much community support...it was a bonified success. We held auditions at the end of August and finally felt like we had enough time to really prepare for the show! Our amazing set builders, Donald Smull and Andrea Hurst came through again with shining colors! Our sets were professional without a doubt! This year, Ralph Saylors with Violet Bane, did all our sound and for the very first time...we actually heard all our talented kids! Mr. Bunn and Ms. H. from the high school managed our backstage and of course Laura Miller and Katie Leigh directed and choreographed this beauty. I have no idea how we will top this next year...but we are going to try! Thanks so much to all you talented kids and patient parents who made this show a teaher/producer/director's dream! This year was the start of an annual traddition as well. We invited all of the 5th grade classes that feed into our school to come to a performance of the show. In addition, 2 of the Elementart drama clubs in town were able to attend. This was exciting and fun for all and a great way for me to reach out to all the 5th graders to share what fun there is to be had in middle school chorus!
Fall 2017 Musical, Into the Woods, Jr.
This year we decided to try a musical in the Fall as Spring is getting more and more diffficult. We are so happy we did! Into the Woods, Jr. was a huge success. This year, Don Smull and Andrea Hurst built our beautiful sets, Katie Leigh and Laura Miller did some lovely choreography and helped with the direction of the show. The student crew worked very hard and did a fabulous job. We had a talented cast and crew and the show was better than even we had imagined!
Willy Wonka, Jr. 2016-2017 Musical
This year, we went back to the big stage at the high school for our performance of MTI's, WiIly Wonka, Jr. We had three performances over the first weekend in March and had rave reviews. The cast adn crew out-did themselves this year and we are already making plans for next year!
2016 Musical - Princess Whatshername
Princess Whatshername was our 2016 Spring Musical. This is a fractured fairy tale about a princess who can't remember who she is and all of the people who try to help her. The cast features Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and her dwarfs, Goldilocks and the three bears, Rumpelstiltskin and many other fun characters! We performed it next door on the Gum Springs Stage and we loved every second of it!
2015 Spring Musical - Dear Edwina Junior. April 17, 18, 19 Gum Springs Elementary School
Dear Edwina was a fun MTI Musical about a young lady who gives dear Abby type advise, in the form of a musical from her garage! It was perfectly suited for the small stage at Gum Springs and the cast did a great job with the show! youtu.be/BJiuRr8AqPs You can watch a clip here!
2014-15 We did our first ever musical - Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr. It was soooo much fun!